Gotthard railway
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The Gotthard railway is the Swiss trans-alpine railway line from northern Switzerland to the canton of Ticino. It is named for the Saint-Gotthard Massif, through which it passes. The line forms a majo
Longitudinal profile of Gotthardbahn incl. branchlines
Contemporary drawing showing a construction locomotive
Lower Ticino Bridge during construction phase, with its original single beam truss structure
Opening celebrations at Bellinzona
Morse code
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Morse code is a telecommunications method which encodes text characters as standardized sequences of two different signal durations, called dots and dashes, or dits and dahs. It is named after Samuel
Gotthard railway
…telegraphs at that time. One of those telegraphs linked all stations from Biasca to Bellinzona. Whatever message was tapped out on this telegraph (sent by Morse code), was transmitted to all stations up to Bellinzona. A second telegraph linked all stations from Biasca to Göschenen. What was tapped out on the third…
This Morse key was originally used by Gotthard railway, later by a shortwave radio amateur.
Single needle telegraph instrument
Telegraph key and sounder; the signal is "on" when the knob is pressed, and "off" when it is released, length and timing of the dits and dahs are entirely controlled by the telegraphist
Morse code receiver that records on paper tape